Wanquan Division, Zhangjiakou.

The weather was sweltering, the acquaintances on the treetops were screaming weakly, under the shade of the trees, Fan Yongdou was bare-chested and exposed, and two handsome maids were fanning the wind for him, but he still felt that the heat was unbearable, "What about the watermelon?" Get my chilled watermelon! ”

Watermelon was also a rarity in the late Ming Dynasty, and it was inedible for non-wealthy families, and as for chilled watermelon, it was inseparable from the ice cubes in the cellar.

For the ancients, who lacked air conditioning and electric fans, being able to own an ice cellar was a status symbol.

Fan's seven generations of businessmen have already saved a huge family foundation.

Don't say anything else, but this seven-entry courtyard is the only one in Zhangjiakou!

No matter how the times change, the Fan family, who has a million-dollar fortune, can always enjoy wealth and glory with massive wealth.

Who is going to have trouble with money?

Over the years, the Fan family has controlled all the grain markets in Shanxi, and if foreign merchants do not know whether they are alive or dead, and rashly enter the Shanxi grain market, most of them will end up with no personal wealth.

In Fan Yongdou's eyes, food is his forbidden body, and no one can move it.

However, on this day, Fan Yongdou had just eaten a mouthful of chilled watermelon, but he got a surprising news, "The autumn grain in Ulzhou has been taken away?" Who did it? ”

For the first time, Fan Yongdou thought of the many characters he had offended, however, among these characters, it seemed that no one would run to Ulzhou.

Who the hell is it?

The confidant master said in a low voice: "The proprietor, it was sent by Wang Teng, the garrison of Ulzhou, this person is quite prestigious, and I was squeezed by this person without having a chance to open my mouth in Ulzhou."

Fan Yongdou narrowed his eyes, "You can't even fight a martial artist, it's really disappointing to me."

The master held his breath and said after a while: "Proprietor, there is one more thing I haven't told you."

Fan Yongdou frowned, "When did you become such a mother-in-law?" If you have something to say, it is".

"The proprietor, Fan Jin, they are defeated"

Fan Jin was the leader of the caravan who disguised himself as a robber and robbed Wang Teng, and this person was Fan Yongdou's nephew.

Hearing this bad news, Fan Yongdou was shocked, "Who is defeated?" What about Fan Jin? ”

"Fan Jin has been killed in battle, and none of the four hundred cavalry have survived"

Fan Yongdou gritted his teeth, "Let me ask you, who killed them!" ”

"It's the Yellow Tiger under Wang Teng's command, they set a trap to lure Fan Jin to attack"

The result is self-evident, Fan Jin died in battle, and the cavalry army that Fan Yongdou had recruited with great difficulty was wiped out.

Four hundred cavalry troops, it doesn't sound like much, but they have done countless unsightly things for Fan Yongdou, and it can be said that they are the sharpest knife in Fan Yongdou's hand.

Today, however, the knife broke.

Fan Yongdou naturally wanted to take revenge, "Does Wang Teng Xiao'er know the truth?" ”

The master bowed slightly, "Guangling Army does not leave a living mouth, I am afraid that it is taking revenge on the proprietor."

Revenge on Fan for stealing the iron material?

Fan Yongdou laughed angrily, "I robbed him of thousands of catties of iron, and he killed me 400 people, what a ruthless method."

"The proprietor, Wang Teng's methods are very spicy, I'm afraid that the rush to buy Ulzhou's grain is just the first move, maybe he has a second move."

His henchmen have been damaged, Fan Yongdou can't lose his grain anymore, without food, he won't be able to exchange fur and gold from Huang Taiji's hands this autumn and winter!

"Quickly send someone to keep an eye on Wang Teng, as long as this person appears, immediately raise the price of grain, no matter what, I am bound to get this autumn's food, and there can be no mistakes, understand?"

The master wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said without worry, "The proprietor, blindly raising the price of grain is not a way, if Wang Teng just deliberately raised the price, wouldn't it be us who will be damaged in the end?" ”

Fan Yongdou was in a very bad mood, "Of course I know what you said, but do I have a choice?" Food, I have to ask for it, there must be no accidents, even if I give more money, it doesn't matter! ”

The master understood, it must have been the one on the grassland who exerted the pressure, otherwise, Fan Yongdou, who was unprofitable and couldn't afford to be early, would not have broken his capital so much!

"The proprietor is relieved, and I will command it to go down."

Fan Yongdou had a gloomy face, "Go quickly, report as soon as there is news of Wang Teng!" ”

"No!"

Since taking the line of Huang Taiji, Fan Yongdou has been sitting on huge profits.

Is there a more lucrative business in the world than smuggling?

No!

As long as the scarce grain, iron tools, and salt grains on the grassland are transported to the grassland, you can immediately get dozens of times the profit.

The huge profits made Fan Yongdou easily buy the generals at the border pass, and they knew about Fan's deals, but after taking the benefits of others, they could not abide by the law impartially and could only join the same stream, so Fan Yongdou's business became bigger and bigger, and he made more and more money.

In a few years, Fan Yongdou earned money that he hadn't earned in the past few decades!

The grassland is profitable, how many people covet it, and they all want to swallow this piece of meat.

From the beginning to the present, Fan Yongdou has defeated countless enemies, however, no one has ever put so much pressure on him as Wang Teng.

Other merchants, as long as they used Fan Jin's horse team to plunder a few times, they themselves would give up, but Wang Teng's force was so strong that he actually fought back and annihilated Fan's horse team!

Without the horse team, it would be even more difficult for Fan Yongdou to eliminate dissidents.

No, he must take revenge on Wang Teng, otherwise, once he is allowed to grow, sooner or later he will become Fan's confidant.

But how?

Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, Jiao Yuanpu, the governor of Datong, and Wei Yuan, the general judge of Ulzhou, all had an old relationship with Wang Teng, even if Fan Yongdou wanted to use the means of officialdom, there was nothing he could do.

You have to find a way to divide it, Lu Xiangsheng is upright, Wei Yuan pulled Wang Teng with one hand, the two of them will not stand on the opposite side of Wang Teng no matter what, then, among the above three, only Jiao Yuanpu is likely to change his position and use it for his own use!

Thinking of this, Fan Yongdou instructed: "Come on, seal five hundred taels of silver, and send it to the Yamen of the Governor of Datong, and say that it is a little bit of my Fan's heart."

Silver exploration, this is Fan Yongdou's consistent trick, as long as Jiao Yuanpu accepts the silver, Fan Yongdou will further launch a silver bullet offensive until Jiao Yuanbo compromises!

However, three days later, the bad news continued to come.

First of all, Hunyuan, which was close to Ulzhou, was in trouble, and I didn't know what Wang Tengfa was crazy about, so he was stunned to raise the price of Hunyuan's grain to an extremely high price.

If the Fan family were to buy it at this price, even if it was sold to the grassland, it might not make a profit.

Even with Fan Yongdou's orders, however, Hunyuan's shopkeeper still didn't dare to call the shots, after all, it was a matter of losing money and making money, thankless, who knows if Fan Yongdou would regret it?

When the news reached Zhangjiakou, Fan Yongdou hated that iron could not become steel, "Stupid, didn't I say it?" Grain must be snatched at all costs! ”

However, by the time Fan Yongdou's order was conveyed to Hunyuan, Wang Teng had already snapped up all the grain on the market.

Next is Yingzhou and Shuozhou, everywhere he goes, Wang Teng always disturbs the price of grain, and with the experience of the past, the shopkeeper of Fan's family has to pinch his nose to accompany him.

The price of one stone of grain has doubled under the coaxing of Wang Teng!

The people and grain merchants of Yingzhou were naturally rejoicing, and they wished that Wang Teng could fight with Fan Yongdou for a few more years, so that their own grain could be sold at a good price every year.

Just when the grain merchants were getting more and more crazy, Wang Teng stopped in time, so the grain in Yingzhou fell into the hands of Fan.

Fan Yongdou's face turned blue after hearing this, although he grabbed the food, he was not happy.

This is obviously Wang Teng's trick, that is, he wants to waste Fan Yongdou's silver.

A simple plan, Fan Yongdou also guessed it, but what could he do?

Is it possible to lose the inherent origin of Datong Mansion and find another way?

No, it must not be!

Fan Yongdou has been in Shanxi for many years, whether it is a literary fight or a martial arts fight, he is always the one who has the last laugh, if he loses now, wouldn't he give up Datong Mansion?

There will always be a naïve idea among the people, in their opinion, that only the real victors can be trusted.

In other words, once Fan Yongdou is defeated this year, even if he wants to make a comeback next year, it will be difficult to work, first of all, the people will not believe them!

Faithfulness and strength, this is the foundation of a businessman's foothold, if it is questioned, how can Fan Yongdou stand on it?

Unconsciously, the business fight between Wang Teng and Fan Yongdou has become a major event related to whether the Fan family can gain a foothold in Datong.

With such thoughts, Fan Yongdou did not dare to be careless.

"Little thief, what a treacherous mind! Ahh ”

Whether Fan Yongdou is ruthless or cursed, Wang Teng still does his own thing.

Price hikes are common in various places, and Fan has no choice but to continue to raise prices to buy grain.

So, by the time Wang Teng repeated his old trick in Huairen, Fan Yongdou was already going crazy, "Who can kill this thief for me!" ”

Bad news came one after another, "The proprietor, the governor's yamen returned the gift list?" ”

Fan Yongdou's chest was tight and short of breath, and he almost couldn't breathe, "What did you say?" How dare Jiao Yuanpu do this? Have you not submitted my name thorn? ”

"The proprietor, the gift list is handed over with the famous thorn"

Fan Yongdou almost fainted, how could Jiao Yuanpu refuse his gift list?

Last year, Fan Yongdou once gave a gift, and Jiao Yuanpu accepted it at that time, why did he change the hexagram this year?

"Jiao Yuanpu refuses to accept my gift, have you asked something?"

The master hurriedly bowed his head, "I spent a lot of money to inquire about something from the governor's yamen, a few months ago, Wang Teng once sent a sum of silver to the governor's yamen, and no one knows the specific amount."

Fan Yongdou hated, "It's Wang Teng again, the thief should die, why do you always spoil my good deeds!" ”

The master was cautious, "Do you want to try more at the governor's yamen?" ”

Fan Yongdou shook his head, "No need, since Jiao Yuanpu rejected me, it means that Wang Teng has made a heavy bet, no matter what, I have lost the opportunity, instead of begging hard, it is better to find another way."

"The proprietor has a way?"

Fan Yongdou frowned, "Since Wang Teng wants to fight with me for money, I will fight with him, by the way, doesn't he have two iron works?" Tell Jin Liangyu that I will clean up Wang Teng and let him watch it! ”

If it is not necessary, Fan Yongdou does not want to join forces with Jin Liangyu, it is just a state garrison, and it needs the two major Jin merchants to join forces to clean it up, if it is spread out, it will only raise Wang Teng!

However, things turned out completely beyond Fan Yongdou's expectations.

On July 20, the eighth year of Chongzhen, Fan's caravan was attacked in Huai'anwei, and the furs and medicinal materials escorted by the convoy disappeared, and Fan's lost 5,000 taels!

On July 25, Fan's shop in Yizhou was set on fire, the weather was dry, and the fire became more and more vigorous.

On 30 July, Fan's carriage and horse shop in Taiyuan Province was wiped out, and more than 300 coachmen and more than 500 guards were killed or wounded.

Fan Yongdou listened, and sat down completely on the ground, the place where the accident happened covered three places, who is it, who has so much energy?

The loss of goods is a trivial matter, a matter of tens of thousands of taels of silver, but Fan Yongdou took it out himself, but what is really worrying is the enemy's means.

Being able to take away the convoy under the heavy protection of three hundred caravan guards, and also cleaned up the traces afterwards, such a team, no matter how you look at it, is not something that Wang Teng can do.

Sometimes, Fan Yongdou can't even help but wonder if he has offended some powerful person.

However, Fan Yongdou thought about it, but he never thought of who it was.

It stands to reason that the other party should demonstrate to Fan Yongdou when he does such a big thing, but Fan Yongdou waited for a few days, but there was still no movement.

Could it be that Wang Teng really did all this?

Fan Yongdou always felt that this was impossible, Wang Teng was just a five-grade guard, where did he have the ability to make trouble in three places at the same time?

However, who else can there be besides Wang Teng?

Fan Yongdou was upset, the grain purchase in Datong Mansion had come to an end, and under Wang Teng's coaxing, Fan paid an extra 50,000 taels of silver!

This is still the result of Ulzhou and other places falling into the hands of Wang Teng, otherwise, Fan Yongdou's losses would be even greater.

Fifty thousand taels of silver, counting the losses in various places, I'm afraid it's about 100,000 taels of silver!

If the culprit is really Wang Teng, Fan Yongdou even has the mind to devour it alive!

In August, the matter of Datong Mansion gradually came to an end, but bad news came from the business inn of Baoding Mansion, and the purchase of grain was maliciously raised!

It's Wang Teng again!

Fan Yongdou gritted his teeth and "gurgled", "Lift it down with him, and then stop raising the price at the last moment, Baoding Mansion is not Ulzhou, I want to see how Wang Teng ends."

According to Fan Yongdou's previous experience, it takes at least 20,000 taels of silver to buy the grain and straw in Baoding Mansion, and plus the premium, it needs at least 30,000 taels!

Does Wang Teng have so much silver?

Fan Yongdou didn't think that Wang Teng had, this time, the reason why Fan wanted to back down in Baoding was to force Wang Teng!

Imagine, if Wang Teng can't get the silver and ruin his reputation, who will do business with him in the future?

This is called treating others the way they do!

Some time ago, Wang Teng had already paid 20,000 taels of silver for raising the price of grain in Datong Mansion, Fan Yongdou felt that Wang Teng's family was empty, and this time, whatever he said would drive him to a dead end!

A five-grade garrison, with the help of the iron factory to make a profit, is already up to the sky, how can there be more silver?

As long as Wang Teng is out of money, Fan Yongdou will have a hundred ways to ruin his reputation! (To be continued.) )